Brendan Rodgers has made eight changes to the Celtic side that beat Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League for today’s League Cup tie against Falkirk.
The Irishman has completely changed his back four and forward lines with Paulo Bernardo replacing Arne Engels in midfield.
Stephen Welsh comes into defence for his first action of the season with Alex Valle in the same situation. Odin Thiago Holm and Donavan are listed as substitutes.
Last season Celtic lost out to Kilmarnock in the last 16 of the League Cup to end Brendan Rodgers’ uneaten run in domestic Scottish competitions.
Falkirk come into the match with a record of five wins out of five in The Championship on top of a League Cup win over Hearts in the last round.
Calum Scott will referee Celtic for the first time in today’s match with Andrew Dallas on VAR duty
CELTIC: Schmeichel; Ralston, Welsh, Trusty, Valle; McGregor, Bernardo, Hatate; Forrest, Palma, Idah
SUBS: Bain, Taylor, Kyogo, Kuhn, Holm, Nawrocki, Engels, Donovan
V SLOVAN: Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor; McGregor, Hatate, Engels; Kuhn, Kyogo, Maeda.
